8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSji PUBLISHED BY THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. *. J. STACK POLE tiuiimt and Edittr-m-Chitf, J*. OYSTER Stcrttary CUS M. STEINMETSB Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 111 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish-' ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania. Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building 1 , Chicago, HI., Allen & Ward. xjfSWV.. Delivered by carriers at Sl x . cen,s » week. Mailed to subscribers It $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post OfTiee In Harris- Pa., as second class matter. Mtorn ilnlly Average for the three ★ months ending Feb. 'Jti, 11)15. m 21,745 * ■Average for the rei»r )I)W—ISJI3 Average for the year 1»t*~ 31,577 Average for the year 1012—21,1711 Average for the rear Mil— lß,B6l Average for the rear lllf *-17.405 TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16 THK XKW REPAIR PLANT THE contract system of street re pairs in Harrisburg never was satisfactory. When the city's own plant, which will be in op eration not later than May 1, gets, under way it is to be supposed that Harrisburg will have better street re pairs at a less cost than ever before. Mr. Lynch, who will have charge of it as superintendent of highways, ha!s a reputation second to none for keep ing tho streets of the city clean. The cleanliness of Harrisburg's highways is proverbial. No city in the country can boast of a better service in this respect und the cost has been extremely low. It is therefore to be expected that Mr. Lynch will do as well with the re pair work as he has with the sweep ing. Meantime he is right in insisting that the contractor fulfill his obli gations. PURPOSE OF ATTACKS THERE is a well developed plan behind the persistent and un called for assaults upon the three Republican city council men that dots not appear on the sur face. Those who are guilty of every thing in the way of untruth, except perjury itself, in an effort to besmirch Ihe reputations of these officials are doing so because they hope thereby to fleet three Democratic members to l lutcly all there is to it. Unbelievable as the statement may seem to fair minded men, a little investigation will demonstrate the truth of it. No matter what the trio of Republi cans do, the result Is the same. Ac cording to their critics, the Republican members can do nothing right. One •lay they arc pictured as selfish brutes, holding back public work for the mere pleasure of seeing unfortunate fellow citizens out of work and their families hungry. The next they are held up as the tools of unscrupulous politicians bent on feathering their own nests and taking care of their friends at the ex pense of the city. The day following that they are criticised for not letting contracts to high bidders, whereas had they done so they would have been censured by the same critics for hav ing been reckless with the city's money. It is a shame that such misrepre sentation "has to be tolerated. It is an outrage that political ambitions and aspirations can be carried to such lengths. It is unfair to the council men who are unjustly attacked and it is a disgrace to the fair nalue of the city. Ilarrisburg gets a black eye every time its local government is wrong fully censured. Those who have stoop ed to falsehood and character assassi nation in order to smooth the paths of their party candidates next Fall are themselves not to be trusted. Suspi cion must attach to their every utter ance and the good thinking voter of Harrisburg would do well to person ally investigate all such tharges as have been made against the council men before accepting them as truth. Covincitmen are not perfect. Doubt less the Republican members, as well as the Democrats, have made mis takes. But it is absurd to believe that the three Republicans are devils with pitchforks, while the two Democrats are little angels with lialos and harps. Likewise it is not to be supposed that the three Republicans, who before they became councilmen were regarded as men of fair reputation and of most excellent standing among their fellows, have degenerated since election to the creatures their political enemies have described them. Aside from that, the three Republi cans who have been voting as a unit on almost every measure that has arisen since they took office for the reason that they could do nothing to please their two colleagues, have ren dered the city some very valuable ser vice indeed. Under their administra tion the water rates have been twice reduced in two years, the tax rate has been lowered and all the old outstand ing debts have been paid. New fire Apparatus has been bought, improve ments made in the parks and innumer able changes made for the better In various branches of the city govern ment. Their policy has been distinctly constructive, as well as conservative nnd economical. There is absolutely not one iota of evidence to show that a penny of the city's money has been spent illegally or dishonestly under their direction. On the other hand, it has been shown that they, have been giving the city TUESDAY EVENING, more than It has been accustomed to getting for every dollar spent. If the eouncilmen are as black as they have been painted, if they have been guilty of eve/ one of the things attributed to them by bosses seeking to replace them with their own satel lites, why Is it that legal proceedings have not been instituted against them? The answer is, of course, that the charges could not be substantiated— that they are purely political and de signed for no other purpose than to elect three Democrats to council next Fall. THK TREASURY DEFICIT THE cheerful information is given out at Washington that the United States Treasury is facing a deficit that may reach 5103.000.000 by July 1. These figures are stupendous in their proportions, but may be regarded as substantially accurate from the fact they are based on the estimates of Representative John J. Fitzgerald, of New York, the Democratic chairman of the committee on appropriations of the House of Representatives. They are, it is to be noted, exclusive of the Panama Canal expenditures, which would, were they included. Tun the total up to the figure of $133,000,000. The figures do not include any ex penditure from the "general fund" of the Treasury on account of the postal service, and should the postal revenue be insufficient to meet the authorized obligations tho deficit will be increased to the extent that the postal receipts must be supplemented from the other | revenues of the government. Chairman Fitzgerald, while he is I careful to say that he regards the Underwood tariff as playing absolutely no part in bringing about the present deplorable condition, and while he tries in a weak and foolish manner to place the blame upon previous Repub lican Congresses, admits that the Democrats have not heeded the vari ous warnings which he has given them since he was made chairman of the appropriations committee. In other words, while trying as best he knows to save the face of the Democratic administration, he ac knowledges that thefbemocrats in con trol are entirely responsible for the frightful extravagances that have looted the Treasury of millions upon millions of dollars at a time when the country is in need of every cent it can obtain. "The finances of the Federal gov ernment must be readjusted," says Mr. Fitzgerald. That is exactly what Re publicans have been insisting upon ever since President Wilson, going into office upon a platform that pledged him and his colleagues to an eco nomical administration of the nation's affairs, proceeded at once, in the face of those pledges, to spend money more recklessly tlian was ever known ill the history of the country and at the same time began the enactment of legis lation that it was at once apparent would reduce the national revenues by millions of dollars. As Mr. Gillette says in his reply to Mr. Fitzgerald's statement, "the ra tional Treasury lias never been empty since the Cleveland administration," and it is only too true, as he asserts, that It can replenished now as it was then by an issue of bonds, and that it can be made permanently safe only by a change of adminis tration. With about two years more to go the Democrats already have plunged the republic into a mire of debt that will be an unwelcome and burdensome inheritance for the Republican party to assume when It goes back into power on March 4, 1917. If the voters of the country had required any fur ther proof of Democratic incompe tence in governmental affairs, this ad mission of the Democratic chairman of the appropriations committee that his party is unable to keep the nation out of debt would provide the evidence. CHURCH A I>VERTISING THE statement of the Rev. B. H. Hart, upon the completion of Ills fourteenth year as pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Epis copal Church, to the effect that he at tributes much of the success of the church year just closing to a liberal use of newspaper advertising ought to pro vide subjeet for thought by all minis ters and laymen desirous of promoting the growth and influence of their con gregations. The Rev.* Mr. Hart says that the past twelve months have been the best he has experienced since he was ap pointed to the pastorate of the Fifth Street Church; and this during a period of industrial depression when many families found it necessary to curtail their church contributions and many others to laave the city for the country homes whence they came. The Rev. Mr. Hart went Into the subject of church publicity very thor oughly before he adopted the policy of using display advertisements in an effort to draw people into his church. He studied results elsewhere, prepared his copy carefully and entered upon a systematic campaign as well thought out as are many of those designed by industrial advertising managers to in crease their sales. He did not look for results immediately, although they were apparent at once, but was con tent to reckon on the benefits derived from his advertising covering the j period of a whole year. In this he was wise. No manufactured articles was ever established as a staple in the minds of the purchasing public by one carelessly written advertisement.- The value of advertising lies not in one big splatter of printers' ink, but in its careful, consistent and persistent use. This applies to church publicity as well as to that for the exploitation of ordinary business. The Rev. Mr. Hart has sounded the keynote of church advertising. To be of permanent value it' must be as con tinuous and as earnest as the activities of the church itself, and thus used will be as beneficial to any congregation as it has been to fhat of which the Rev. Mr. Hart is pastor. AN EVENING THOUGHT 1 will not faint, but trust In God Who this my lot hath given. I —Christian G. RosaetU. 1 EVENING CHAT 1 l >r - WJ. Holland, of Pittsburgh, wlio yesterday suggested that the superdreadnuught Pennsylvania should be christened with water from the Ohio, the Susquehanna and the Dela ware, is curator of the museum of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh and one of the best known scientific men in America, indeed, his fame Is inter national. Dr. Holland was formerly a minister in Pittsburgh, but science at tracted him and he studied abroad and is a member of various learned so cieties and of tho French Legion of Honor, lie is of part French descent, being a scion of one of tho early Huguenot families of Philadelphia. It was Dr. Holland who conducted the searches for prehistoric animals and he mounted the monsters which arc such a feature of the museum at Pitts burgh. He also made the casts of the diplodocus sent to Europe. Dr. Hol land said in regard to his suggestion, which the State had no authority to accept, that Pennsylvania water would be better than French wine. "We baptize with water anil toasts are drunk in water now. Why should we not use the water from the great rivers of our great state?" Among visitors to the city yesterday was Robert E. MacAlarney, city editor of tho New York Tribune and con nected with the, faculty of Columbia University's school of journalism. Mr. MacAlarney is a Harrlsburger, a for mer student at tho Harrisburg Acad emy. where he played center rush on the football team, and began his news paper work on the Harrisburg Tele graph. of which his uncle, the late M. W. MacAlarney, was then the owner. Mr. MacAlarney has also at tained fame as an author. While here he met a number of old friends. This part of Pennsylvania is the subject of a special study on tho part of tho bureau of soils of the national Department of Agriculture just issued from Washington. It was made by Charles F. Shaw, of the United States government, and J. M. McKee and W. G. Ross, of State College. The report goes into great detail regarding the soils, giving each variety in a county, and shows how eastern Pennsylvania can be made one of the garden spots of the world. Much attention is given to Lancaster county and to the Leb» anon and Cumberland valleys, which are apparently considered as having great possibilities. Dean T..ewis P. Rcber, elected head of the national extension committee, one of the biggest educational bodies of the country, is well known to a number of Harrisburgers. He was formerly at State College and then went to the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Reber visited here last summer, being the guest of Dr. Jolm Price Jackson. The Pennsylvania station is an in teresting place these days. It is al ways interesting, but just now when people are coming through from north ern or southern states they can be spotted. The people who are hastening home from Florida or some other point down South appear in furs and heavy overcoats, the shivering being in odd contrast to the tan on their faces. The people from Xorthern New York or Xew England can be spotted be cause they mostly carry their over coats 011 their arms. William S. Essick, running through some old papers the other day. found an invitation issued to his father by Governor Bigier to attend his inaugu ration on January 24, 1553. The invi tation is written in pen and ink on what would now be regarded as a rather cheap form of embossed white PP.pei\,and enclosed in an envelope of the sanie type. It differs much from the elaborately engraved and hand somely inscribed inaugural invitations of the present day, most of which never come beneath the notice of the Executive who is to be the chief figure at the ceremonies to which they are a bid. Mr. Essick's father was John Essick, of Chester county, a sergeant at-arms on the "Hill" under Governor Rigler, and the invitation reads as follows: "Mr. and Mrs William Bigler pre sent their compliments to Mr. Essick and request the pleasure of his com pany on Thursday evening next at seven and a half o'clock, Harrisburc, Pa., Jan. 24, 1853. One of Professor Surface s bulletins on bees has been made a textbook in the Wisconsin State University, which is now giving much attention to the important and growing industry of honey production. A few days ago Professpr Surface received from the president of the Wisconsin institution request for permission to use his "Bee- Keeping'' pamphlet, which has had a wide circulation as a Department of Agriculture bulletin in this State, and he kindy forwarded sufficient copies for use of the students enrolled with the hope that the book will be found beneficial. Most of the data and in formation contained therein was gleaned by Professor Surface from his own experiments and observations with a large apiary maintained by him for a number of years during his resi dence at Camp Hill. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —William Coleman Freeman, for mer legislator, has taken a cottage at Bar Harbor for the summer. —Henry W. Hartman, of Lancaster, is at Virginia Hot Springs. —Senator Elmer Werner has been elected vice-president of the reorgan ized Weatherly iron and Steel Com pany. —Mayor Blankenburg has pro claimed clean-up day for Philadelphia in the early part of May. —A. B. Farquhar, the York manu facturer, is again head of the State Housing Association. i vaRTCTn/Agy i [From the Telegraph, March IC, 18651 Officers Meet Officers and members of the board of managers of the Y. M. C. A will hold a special meeting to-night. Ijower Cost of l.iving Prices of all food is on the decline. In some places sugar fell live cents a pound, retail price. Sword Presented Lieutenant Lieutenant Abner Bingaman, Co. I Two Hundred and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, was presented with ti sword, sash and belt by members of the company. Cultivating the Field "We have found it morn profitable to choose on? field and cultivate it well than to try and spread all over the map and do it badly." Tills Is the way one large manufacturer sums up his reason for using newspaper advertising, 110 makes it pay and pay well, j There Is nothing Lhat equals the newspaper foi/ intensive work. It reaches the people who buy and thc> dealers who sell. It brings them together. It huilds, It pushes and it keeps everlastingly at It. BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH PALMER Mir QUIT is COMMITIEEMIII Democrats Think He Should Xiet Out of Political Place When He Becomes a Justice MAY FORCE STATE MEETING Interesting Situation Likely to De velop Among the Democrats in Pennsylvania Ex-Conyreasnian A. Mitchell Pal mer's appointment as cliicf justice of the United States Court of Claims yes terday has brought up the question among the Democrats in the legis lature whether hi 3 new office is not of a character to cause him to resign as national committeeman of the Demo cratic party in Pennsylvania. Palmer is ut Newport News as the guest of Secretary Daniels to-day and nothing has come from him about it and the ring Democrats are silent. It is presumed that Palmer will hold on as long as he can, as the only way to till a vacancy would be by calling the State committee, which State Chairman Roland S. Morris will never do in the present state of mind of the Democrats. Some Democrats said openly last night that Morris could not escape a call when Palmer resigned and that the national administration could not expect Palmer to hold the two places, as the comniitteemanship is distinctly political. Tho judicial oflice pays $6,500 a year and Palmer would never give up that chance. Tf the State committee is called to till the vacancy caused by Palmer's re tirement some Democrats believe that Morris would be called upon to resign. If Morris could do so he would prob ably act as national committeeman or else name Vance C. McCormick to the place. —The Senate and House were vis ited last night by Justices Klkln and Mcstrezat and by a number of con gressmen and other prominent men on their way to Newport News. —R. J. Baldwin had fun last night. When the Senate resolution to meet Monday night at 9 came along he moved to amend to make it 8. The House took him seriously. —Attorney General Brown has about completed his bill to make the anthra cite coal tax payable to a State per manent road improvement fund. It would raise over ?4.500,000 a year. It will go in on AVednesday. This bill will do away with any returns of tlio tax to counties and give the State an assured road fund to draw upon. —Representative William daggerty, of Scranton, is sick and unable to at tend the session. —Speaker Ambler was indignant last night when he learned that the May 0 adjournment resolution had been sent to the Senate. It is the cus tom of the House to have such busi ness messaged as soon as it adjourns. This was done last Thursday and the Speaker did not become aware of it until yesterday. This blocked any at tempt to reconsider last night. —Mr. Berntheizel introduced the bill to appropriate $22,000 to the Co lumbia Hospital last night. —Representative Goodwin made his maiden speech in the House last night and the members applauded the Ve nango county man. —The women's clubs of Western Pennsylvania last night sent to Speaker Ambler telegrams protesting against the Philadelphia housing bills. —Ex-Representatives Hobbs, Lack awanna: O'Neill, Philadelphia; North, Jefferson; Shannon. Luzerne, and Ken nedy, Pittsburgh, were House visitors. —Dr. J. T. Rothrock, former State Forestry Commissioner, is to deliver an address on forestry in the hall of the House on March 23. —The new military code was favor ably reported to the House last night by Chairman Adams. —Representative Scott, of Centre, thinks the people of the State ought to know more about the flag dese cration act and has presented a reso lution to print 50,000 copies. —Copies of the addresses oil the death of the late W. U. Hensel will be printed for the House. —Democratic members of the House are commencing to resent the inter ference of State committee officers. They say that they have their minds made up on various measures and will not listen to any orders. —Kx-Speaker George E. Alter was a visitor to the Capitol last night. He came here on his way to Newport News. —Attorney General Brown said last night that there had been few changes in the workmen's compensation act as presented last night and compared with the original draft. —The child labor hearing will be held to-morrow afternoon in the hall of the House. The Governor plans to attend the hearing: and many promi nent legislators will be present. —The third class city police and firemen civil service bill will be amended so that it shall not affect volunteer fire departments. This was effected last night after a conference between Chairman Walton. In charge of the bill, and firemen from York Reading and Harrlsburg. BESBi [From the Telegraph, March 16, 1863] i Plan Spring Campaign Washington, March 16.—Prepara tions for the Spring campaign were made by the commanding officers of the Army of the Potomac. * Speculation Failures New YorU, March 16.—Several spec ulators have failed in this city, caus ing a general drop In prices of every thing. Kxchangcil Prisoners Die Annapolis, March 15.—Several pris oners which were exchanged here re cently, died from eating too freely after their prolonged starvation. 1 DO YPU KNOW—'I That llarrlsburg formerly manu factured Immense quantities of firebrick'.* 'Li J— ■ i ■ When T~Bn Houseworhtv^L iSßiffdensomexStfp when you tire easily and nerves are excitable, you need medicinal food—not irTV' drugs or stimulants. \l/ [ SCOTT'S EMULSION is rich in 4a food value; it supplies the JRSk very elements to enliven XJlf the blood, restore strength n \V and the courage of health. AniJAkoholic Suhtitaf. 14 . 7 , A FOR HBR yjrt. SPHERE. "a I haven't seen - ll buainea* transaction* and financial) able to carry out any obligation* made by hla Arm. NAT. BANK O* COMMERCE. Xoledo. Ohio. Hall'* Catarrh Car* f* taken internally, acting directly upon tb- blood and mucoua surface* ct the lyatem. Te»,lmontala cant free. I'rlea HI eents per bottle. Sold by all Drnggiat*. Tike Hill'a Family FUla tot conatlpatlcfe Cumberland Valley Railroad TIME TABLE In Effect May 24. 1914. TRAINS leave llarrisburff— For Winchester an«l Martlnsburg at 6:03. *7:50 a. m.. *3:40 p. m. For llaperstown, Chambersburar, Car lisle. Mec.hanlcsbnrjr and intermediate Ftations at 5:03, *7:30, '11:53 a. m., •3:4(1, 5 :•'!!. *7.40. *11:00 p. m. Additional trains for Carlisle and Mechanlcsburg at 9:48 a. m., 2:18; 3:27 «::10, 9:30 a. m. For Dlll*burg at r.:03. *7:50 and •11:53 a. m.. 2!IS, *3:40, D:32. and 6:30 | p. in. *l>aily. All other trains daily except I Sunday. 11. A. RIDDT.K, . J. U. TONUK. 3. P. A. I MARCH 16, 1915. fsKtSTOMII fag j For Infants and Children. li'lftPM ers Know That Kalls&fiHHi Genuine Castoria Hlfl'il " COHOt ' 3 PE R CENT, i Hi sS'SffiSSS Always / . tm ?> (Jie Stomaclis aiidßowclsof n XA/ «\l* 111 igißtmjJuiu-m Bears the / Aw Mpf Promotes Digesttonflieeifuf- SigllcltlLre / f 4 |r Hlllllll i; nessaw *Rest.Contalnsndßw /(V r\ !P P«o Ii: Opiuni.Morphioc nor Mineral nf /V\. IT MIL NOT NARCOTIC. ; UA (K\)Y ■nil thrift of otd Dcsmmtium |*s*> • jlnheSttd* I ALJ . m fie* 1 (\ Ji* ' n "120 Aperfeclßemedy forCOnsflpa- /\| Alt If Q P |aa||!i tion, Sour Stonvach.Dlarrlwca I V [V wW U SBRcc neas antlLoss OF SLEEP. 1 LAM ||UQP «o 6 « Facsimile Signature of V/ IU I UV UI ■ inirty Years HSBonm Exact Copy of Wrapper. T ™ OIHTIUTOO "»•.* ".To" water commisliuner bought some along on my bike; so I have the nickel stogies with It. after which it sot to bo now. the heero in a crap (fame in the 8 ward. Tho question is. wliat'll I do with It? While the players was acrappin over Get some sigretts or buy a box of jlnjer tlie possesshun of the i.lckel it roled snaps and go round to see Sally Jane out on the pavement jist as I happlned to-night? "I Saw a Funny Thing last night," writes a on up to the sixth—he Philadelphia man. had similar mishaps. "I was in the men's By that time, I had be cafe of the. ..Hotel. come tired of the spec- A few tables away, tacle, so I walked over and close to a t0 h anc jed him a window, was a Safe Home Match and rather rough-look- said; 'Here! Try this! me man of about It - S a REAL matchr fifty. He took a cigar out g e " a " d ' s P ite ° f of his pocket, bit the fact that «>? Wl " d offtheend, putthe wa ® coming m the cigar in his mouth, ™" dow as as ever, took a match out cigar, of the match box, Now the question is this: and tried to light If one Safe Home Match his cigar. will do what six ordinary matches failed to do, what The match broke j s the relative value of Safe in two. He took Home Matches and ordinary another. The wind matches? The price is the blew it out. With same. But what is the the third, fourth — relative valuA ? sc. • All grocers. Ask for them by name. ~~ ihtmm Ccynfiarty MOJA Men spend 10c for a cigar because they want an extra quality smoke. Many 10c brands are good, but MOJA quality is better. It's all Havana. ! MOJA isn't a hard name to say to the dealer. Made by John C. Herman & Co. . 10c CIGARS